Monday, October 29, 2012

Book Review: Dear Deb

"I want you to know that if my illness inspired you to write these stories,
the cancer was worth it."—Deb

What stories could possibly make cancer worth it?

Stories that represent a miracle—a lifetime of miracles. Stories that changed
the writer as she wrote them and stories that will touch the heart of the
reader, one by one by one. Stories that are not just stories.

They started out as words of encouragement to a dying woman. They turned into
a collection of sparkling and intimate moments, pulled from the past to finally
be understood and shared with new meaning.

Story by story, letter by letter, Margaret Terry uncovered powerful pictures
in her own life of the one truth that could help carry her friend Deb from this
life to the next: God is at work.

Together, Deb and Margaret found renewed hope in all the ways God shows up
right to the very end. Which is where they found the miracle they'd been praying
for all along. In each other.

My Review:

I have never experienced anyone very close to me having cancer (knock on wood). I hope that I never will. If I did I would want this book so badly. If I was close to dying or having anyone close to me close to dying, I would want this book. But as neither of those, I still want this book. If you are not experiencing a terrible trial with death you can still gain so much wisdom and inspiration on how to live right now. This book made me cry, laugh and hope to live my life more fully and be more thankful for the good health we have. This was a great book and I recommend it to everyone, especially those who are going through trials with death, but also for those who want to live a more full life.